Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-10

d&1M EaoDtk4 are 0Q1NA 10Aa-~1e 49,
lamszs thia PEAR IN kastera Nasnin&'
rn.
Ths popsomcss a Endioolt and New
Dunreness w. T., have bee1 ersAsea
money order of6cee.
The Chenev f5ur nill wilg start ~
,his vsek - egind up several esr-loaGs
u wheat nov on hand
Nee sroo wheat ca Wednesday vas
1aosed hy buyers a 62s<e. per oosneh
ouysr 20 farnish saeks.- tnsoss
Monday she hEsk thF0ugh business
over tue nov completed telepnooe -
fFon Colfax % Spokane Waa trans@eaeo.
NIle. Rhsa had large audiences g
SPOKANE and the people there eeLs "
Gently pleased with her performsnoos.
William Jones. thu Wheat buyer OF
WaIla WslIa, has purchased be11 Oes-
sy's fof vansJcle.) wheat ~ " cts-
bushel clear Of sacks.
The Collar Ball Cab beat the Paloose
nine SO 70 s e the C0lfAx ball Rro0nos.
The Colfax boys Gill Try the same game
on the champion Cheney club.
A good ssage q running daily expEt g
from Oentralia 70 OAkvllle and there
connects with the lower river country,
thus giving q direct line TO the haFoor'
The Spokane 4 Palouse Railroad OoRl-
pany are preparing excellent oepo.
grounds at Pei0use City. Ine foeo y
expected 10 reach that town BY seetem-
Der lst.
Such has been the inereass In the CON-
nefcigl telegraph basiness tn Spokane
that iS has become necessary 70 employ
q second boy to aid In the delivery OF
messages.
The FIRST brick building IN Lewis
county will, according 90 the Bet, Dc
erected in Chehalis within tbe next sixty
days. IL will be q warehouse tor the
Touring mill in that town.
The following persons have BEEN
granted pensions IN Washington Terri
tory: Nswien 5. Reynolds, Puyalupi
Timothy T. Borgess., wRlia Walia'
Samuel Highlands, OentFalis.
Excavating has 5sen commenced for
new building on tue southeast corner
Of Spraeue and Mill streets IN Spokane:
&c 10 80 be erected by q Mr.. Haas and
will be two stories and basement.
Mile. Rhes, the well-known actress,
has purchased three choice lots IN Jan
toms addition 10 Spokane Falls, ana
other members Of the troupe purchased
lots in Lanman's addition 10 thas cry.
The Eilensburg Milling, Mining and
Smelling Company claim that they have
q ledge swenty fest wide and four miles
long, assaying &52S SO per ton, and
thai theirs is SIS, 90, 900 Of ore within
sight.
A company Of EllensbuFg and Tacoma
capitalists has been formed for the puf.
pose OF putting q steamboat on the 70,
lumbia river to carry frelght ano
passengers into the Salmon river min
ing district.
Sheriff Turner informs as that be has
finished assessing the county. There u
a large increase TO the number who pay
taxes, and the increased valuation val
90 considerably above last yeaf.-Pa
effc Journal.
The camp meeting near Latah closed
Sunday night. The weather was rathel
cold most OF the time which probably
prevented many from attending whc
otherwise would have done so.-Rock-
ford EHterprise.
Harvest bands are scarce In Walls
WAlla and in constant demand, and u
IL thought that difficulty will Be expert
snced in getting sufficient men 10 do the
work. once harvesting Ia in full swing
throuRhout the country.
A petition was circulated on WedBee-
day for funds to build schooleoose 10
a spaFsely settled district in the Graf
creek country. Almost every merchant
IN SpFaeus, besides several citizens, sub
scribed to it.-SpraqRs journal.
At meeting Of the school directors
this week, M. z. AshbFooke was selected
rs principal and Miss Maud Brace and
Miss Eva Amsden assistants for the en-
suing term, which begins on the hrsi
Monday in September nsxt.-sprdgE'
Journal.
Gen, Tannatt, Of FarminRton and ar
old resident OF Eastern Washington
says be has never seen the equal OF tbs
present crops In the inland empire. Hs
thinks the output Of wheat in the Pc.
louise country, with Its increase Of
third in acreage, will exceed 600 tons
running the Walla W8llA valley pEoduc'
tioH close.
Mr.. YoEkiEh, representing the Olym-
pia Pipe Company, Is In toSn with q
proposition to build water works toE
North Yakima costing $1,000. II csti-
zens will take bali OF the stock, MI.
Yorkish's company will take the other
half. Il is believed that the required
amount Of stock will be subscribed
Ydkima Signal.
The Grand Jury Of whitman county
havs already reported 80 true bills, and
will probably report several more before
thew adjourn. Over one half the indict
aents found are for horse and cattle
stealing. The present session Of court
promises to be the longest ever held IN
the county, and will probably not aa-
iourn before the middle OF July.
The Columbia Is now seventeen feet
and eleven inches above low water
mark. As soon as 10 falls eleven inches,
which it will probably do within the
next three or four days, trains can be
transferred at kalama, when the new
time schedule between Tacoma and
Portland will 20 into operation.-Taoo-
MA Netgs.
Oronds is toe name OF the latest town
site 10 the Big Bend country. Il Is sit
uated on the Columbia at Entiat Rapids,
about two miles below tbs mouth OF
Eukiat river. II II fourteen miles above
Wenatohie, seven miles from Badger,
nine miles from Waterville. eleven miles
from Douglas city and thirteen miles
from Okanaean city. Condo has good
water power, and part OF IL viii soon
be utilized.
o. G. Cove. Of Portland. has been at
EllepsbuFg for a number OF days past,
estimating on the machinery for ShOudy
4 Tjossem's new Touring mill. The
latest improved machinery will be put
in for q mill Of 100 barrels per day ca
paciiy, bat the building will be con-
structsd large enough 80 admit Of in
eFeasing the daily output 200 per cent.
as soon az the demand warrants. Work
on the building will be commenced next
seek.
A little mere than one year ago the
people Of Wsiisburg aud vieisity voted
by q large msioFily IN favor Of prohibi
ton of the liquor trafic IN this cltg. and
the one saloon Of this place vas closed.
Since that time there has not been 3 case
Of drunk and disoFdeFly here; our city
Justice has not had case before him
on q charge Of disturbing the peace, and
our city jail has been continually unoo-
eupied. This combination Of ciFcum-
stances affords much food for retisetioo.
- Wdifsbarg THss.